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Winter Storm Watch 6, NWS La Crosse, WI

February 24, 2008Grant County, Wisconsin; 4 counties in Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm watch at Feb 24, 2008, 3:55 AM CST for Grant County, Wisconsin; 4 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 24, 2008, 1:45 PM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2008, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2008, 1:45 PM CST
Expired: Feb 25, 2008, 3:43 AM CST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Grant County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Feb 24, 3:37 AM CST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 3:37 AM CST, 18 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 9:24 AM CST	Air Stagnation Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	14 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2008 Winter Storm Watches in Wisconsin, 2008 Every winter storm watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.